The bush rustled slightly before a teen emerged from within it. He had light brown hair that was sticking out everywhere as if it had been electrocuted, and electric blue eyes that were full of fear as he scanned the area around him. A fleeting shadow from somewhere behind him caught his attention, and just made him run all the harder. Long shadows hide tree roots that wanted to trip him, and many did succeed. Scrambling back to his feet, he continued to sprint forward, moving his hand that he kept clutched into a fist close to his face, so as to see the piece of paper clutched in it.

That one second spent looking at the piece of paper was all that was needed. He went crashing to the ground, the fleeting movement that he had noticed out of the corner of his eye shooting towards him now. Gasping, he flung his hands up to protect his face, screwing his eyes shut. "Please don't eat me! I taste horrible!"

"Eat you? What do you take me for, a vampire, or werewolf? Besides, I much prefer cake! Chocolate, white…angel food…devil's food… strawberry, even the kind with sprinkles baked into it!" A cheerful, masculine voice piped up from above him.

Struggling to slow his breathing, the teen peeked through his fingers to see that a ghost was standing right next to him. He knew it was a ghost due to the pale green glow around his body…and the fact he was floating a few inches of the ground. He was wearing a black sweater and dark jeans, pitch black hair combed back neatly, dark chocolate brown eyes staring at the teen. "Gh….gh…ghost!"

The ghost seemed unfazed being called such, tilting his head to the side. "Two eyes. Here I was thinking you were just a really small Cyclops."

"No! Of course not! I'm as human as they get. Can you please leave me alone? You see I've been accepted into some school that I've never heard of before and I want to get there before it gets any later… and I just realized that I'm talking to a ghost…" The teen rambled as he clutched his entry letter tightly in his hands.

The ghost immediately brightened up, a grin crossing his face. "Really? That's cool. I'm headed off to school too. Sensei Wu's Academy. Best school for all of monster kind…and it's not Hauntington Prep." The ghost shuddered as if the other school was the worst school you could possibly get into.

The teen froze panic building up inside of him. Quickly, he unfolded the paper, staring at the name of the school he was going to this year. "No no no… this can't be right. I'm going to Sensei Wu's Academy!"

The ghost blinked, surprise flashing across his face, before suddenly sticking his hand out for the teen to shake. "Then you must have some monster blood in you. Name's Cole Brookstone by the way."

The teen took in a shaky breath, trying to wrap his head around all of this. "Jay Walker. This doesn't make any sense… my parents are human, so that means I'm human…right?"

Cole shrugged falling in step with his classmate. "Maybe you're one of those hybrid kids that no one wanted and was put up for adoption. Dad says that is the worst thing about the whole monster-human relationship. Ray Smith is the only one that can actually make it work."

"Who?" Jay figured that walking to his new school with a classmate was better than going in alone, keeping one eye on the other teen at all times.

"Ray Smith. He's a vampire blacksmith that is really amazing. You should totally checkout some of the stuff he's made. Anyways, he saved some human girl from a pack of werecats years ago, and they're now married and have two kids of their own. She's supposedly very pretty for a human." Cole shrugged as he dodged a large branch.

Jay frowned, wondering if school this year was going to be more trouble than it was worth…especially after the large, manor like school building rose up to greet them. Jay gasped upon seeing thousands of monsters of all ages running around the place. Some appeared to be parents dropping students off, obviously the students, and of course the school staff. Cole gently nudged him, nodding towards what looked like an elderly human lady, who was standing behind a table full of stacks of paperwork. A line of students were being checked in by her, with her dutifully handing each one a different packet. Swallowing hard, Jay walked over to her.

"Good afternoon! My name is Lady Misako Garmadon, secretary and history teacher here at Sensei Wu's Academy. How may I help you?" Misako smiled warmly, flipping her long gray braid back over her shoulder.

"I think there was a mistake…I have this letter saying that I'm enrolled here…" Jay handed her the paper.

Misako hummed as she scanned the paper, before nodding suddenly. "Ah yes. Jayden Jayson Walker. Here you go. This has your class schedule, map of the school, and your dorm and locker information. It also has mealtimes listed as well as a very much up to date menu for our meals. Welcome to Sensei Wu's Academy."

Jay spluttered, before stepping back to wait for Cole to get checked in. Jay blinked as he watched Cole hand over his own copy of the letter to the lady. "Hmm, Nicole Lou Brookstone. Here is your packet….are you not waiting for me to explain what is in it for you?"

"Nope. I heard when you told Jay." Cole waved her off as he grabbed Jay with his free hand.

Cole eventually stopped dragging Jay to open his packet to see where his dorm was at. "I'm in Dorm Green Twelve B. What about you?"

Jay bit his bottom lip as he tried to ignore the loud howling from a nearby pack of werewolves that were dropping off their young at the school. "Umm…" Jay opened his packet and glanced at the information. "Dorm Green Twelve B. Uh, guess we're roommates…" Jay winced as a loud cheer escaped Cole, who then dragged him off again.

"Come on! Let's go check it out! First ones there always get the best beds anyways." Cole was a smidgen too excited about this whole deal for Jay's liking.

"I'm not so sure about this Cole…" Jay followed his friend, can he even call him that, they only met that day, through the wide open school gates.

A minute later, Jay found himself staring at various young monsters that were trying to find their way around the school. Cole tugged at him, leading him down another hallway. "Come on…according to the map the Green Dorms are located this way."

Jay turned his attention away from the arguing double-headed monster to pay attention to where he was headed…with his ghost companion. After going up two flights of stairs, they approached a large door labeled Green Dorms. Pushing it open, Jay walked through the doorway while Cole just floated through the door. Jay's eyes darted everywhere has he tried to find the door marked Twelve B.

"Odds are on the left and the evens are on the left. All on these appear to be A's, so that probably means that the B's are on the next floor…hypothetically." A new voice spoke up from behind them suddenly.

Yelping, Jay spun around to find another teen monster standing behind him. This one was dressed for a day out in the snow, his clothing items were mostly white though there was some silver there as well. His snowy white hair appeared to be stiff from ice, his blue eyes calm as they latched onto Jay's. Jay swallowed hard upon noticing that he had two sharp fangs sticking out from his lower jaw. "Vampire…"

A/N: Hello! Um, yeah, thought I could attempt to do a Halloween special since it is that time of year again. Who do you think is standing there…also is he a vampire or something else? Before you ask, Jay is half human, half Cyclops. Reason why Cole thought he was just a small Cyclops for a while there before he noticed that he had two eyes. And yes, it is Ray Smith as in Kai's dad. Half vampire red ninja…should be interesting!

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